No, I’m talking about Washington state. How other states do it is none of my business.
No, I never said taking odometer readings was simpler than collecting a flat fee, I said it was fair and a flat fee is unfair.
Charging a flat gas tax would be simpler than metering every gallon of gasoline sold, but it wouldn’t be fair, and we don’t do that. So why should we do it for EVs?
Well the article is about the federal government so your state laws are not the subject of the discussion at hand.
You said it was simple to collect odometer readings from all EVs. I disagree. I think that’s the most labor intensive solution we could come up with.
We meter every gallon of gas sold because that’s an easy thing to do at the point of sale. The gas station already tracks how much fuel you’re buying so they know how much to charge you which means there is no extra work required for anyone. You could say the same for DC fast charging an EV but using any other power source would require additional work by someone that does not currently have to happen. That adds complexity and cost to the proposed solution that is not necessary.
Charging a flat gas tax would be simpler than metering every gallon of gasoline sold, but it wouldn’t be fair, and we don’t do that. So why should we do it for EVs?
Well the article is about the federal government so your state laws are not the subject of the discussion at hand.
You said it was simple to collect odometer readings from all EVs. I disagree. I think that’s the most labor intensive solution we could come up with.
We meter every gallon of gas sold because that’s an easy thing to do at the point of sale. The gas station already tracks how much fuel you’re buying so they know how much to charge you which means there is no extra work required for anyone. You could say the same for DC fast charging an EV but using any other power source would require additional work by someone that does not currently have to happen. That adds complexity and cost to the proposed solution that is not necessary.